Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood-stream infection among patients attending the emergency department of an urban tertiary-referral hospital

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  O'Connell, Brian ^a   Rossney, A S ^a   Kelleher, M ^a   McMahon, Geraldine ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRELAND; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34249814307     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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